Tommy Bryant reassures his stepdaughter, Emily Bauer during physical therapy at Memorial Herman Hospital, Wednesday, Nov. 27, 2013, in Houston. She lost much of her eye sight and use of her arms after suffering a series of strokes in 2011 after smoking synthetic marijuana. (Cody Duty / Houston Chronicle) less

Tommy Bryant reassures his stepdaughter, Emily Bauer during physical therapy at Memorial Herman Hospital, Wednesday, Nov. 27, 2013, in Houston. She lost much of her eye sight and use of her arms after ... more

Photo: Cody Duty / Houston Chronicle

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Child Protective Services caseworker Christina McKinney takes one of the children she supervises home from school. The 6-year-old girl was temporarily removed from her mother's home and sent to live with her aunt while her mother rehabilitated from drug use. Wednesday, April 15, 2015, in Houston. ( Marie D. De Jesus / Houston Chronicle ) less

Child Protective Services caseworker Christina McKinney takes one of the children she supervises home from school. The 6-year-old girl was temporarily removed from her mother's home and sent to live with her ... more

Photo: Marie D. De Jesus / Houston Chronicle

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In this Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2015, photo, a high school graduation picture of Alison Shuemake, center, and her parents Fred Shuemake, left, and Dorothy McIntosh Shuemake, rests on a table at her parents' home, in Middletown, Ohio. Dorothy and Fred Shuemake are drawing attention to the deadly heroin problem by citing the drug in their daughters obituary. Alison Shuemake, 18, died Aug. 26, after a suspected heroin overdose. (AP Photo/John Minchillo) less

In this Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2015, photo, a high school graduation picture of Alison Shuemake, center, and her parents Fred Shuemake, left, and Dorothy McIntosh Shuemake, rests on a table at her parents' home, ... more

Photo: John Minchillo / Associated Press

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In this Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2015, photo, Dorothy McIntosh Shuemake, mother of Alison Shuemake, holds a picture of her daughter during an interview at her home, in Middletown, Ohio. Alison Shuemake, 18, died Aug. 26, after a suspected heroin overdose, when she and her partner were found unresponsive at their home and needles were present nearby. (AP Photo/John Minchillo) less

In this Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2015, photo, Dorothy McIntosh Shuemake, mother of Alison Shuemake, holds a picture of her daughter during an interview at her home, in Middletown, Ohio. Alison Shuemake, 18, died ... more

Photo: John Minchillo / Associated Press

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Three packages of Kush, which is basically synthetic marijuana sold in some smoke shops and other stories in Houston and other parts of the United States, photographed, Thursday,Nov. 14, 2013, in Houston. The substance is marketed as potpourri, and contains a warning label that it is not for human consumption. But the Drug Enforcement Administration contends the substance is widely known for being smoked and is marketed to younger users looking for a new way to get high. The DEA says there are many unknowns about Kush and similar substances, including what the long-term health impact can be.( Karen Warren / Houston Chronicle ) less

Three packages of Kush, which is basically synthetic marijuana sold in some smoke shops and other stories in Houston and other parts of the United States, photographed, Thursday,Nov. 14, 2013, in Houston. The ... more

Photo: Karen Warren / Houston Chronicle

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A packet of so-called synthetic marijuana seized by the Drug Enforcement Administration shown Friday, Nov. 15, 2013, in Houston. Sold in smoke shops and other stores, it is marketed as potpourri or aromatherapy and labeled as unsafe for human consumption. However, authorities say everyone is in on the loophole, but that not everyone realizes the substances are dangerous, inconsistent, and can land users in the hospital. ( Melissa Phillip / Houston Chronicle ) less

A packet of so-called synthetic marijuana seized by the Drug Enforcement Administration shown Friday, Nov. 15, 2013, in Houston. Sold in smoke shops and other stores, it is marketed as potpourri or ... more

Photo: Melissa Phillip / Houston Chronicle

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A packet of so-called synthetic marijuana seized by the Drug Enforcement Administration shown Friday, Nov. 15, 2013, in Houston. Sold in smoke shops and other stores, it is marketed as potpourri or aromatherapy and labeled as unsafe for human consumption. However, authorities say everyone is in on the loophole, but that not everyone realizes the substances are dangerous, inconsistent, and can land users in the hospital. ( Melissa Phillip / Houston Chronicle ) less

A packet of so-called synthetic marijuana seized by the Drug Enforcement Administration shown Friday, Nov. 15, 2013, in Houston. Sold in smoke shops and other stores, it is marketed as potpourri or ... more

Photo: Melissa Phillip / Houston Chronicle

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A packet of so-called synthetic marijuana seized by the Drug Enforcement Administration shown Friday, Nov. 15, 2013, in Houston. Sold in smoke shops and other stores, it is marketed as potpourri or aromatherapy and labeled as unsafe for human consumption. However, authorities say everyone is in on the loophole, but that not everyone realizes the substances are dangerous, inconsistent, and can land users in the hospital. ( Melissa Phillip / Houston Chronicle ) less

A packet of so-called synthetic marijuana seized by the Drug Enforcement Administration shown Friday, Nov. 15, 2013, in Houston. Sold in smoke shops and other stores, it is marketed as potpourri or ... more

Photo: Melissa Phillip / Houston Chronicle

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A packet of so-called synthetic marijuana seized by the Drug Enforcement Administration shown Friday, Nov. 15, 2013, in Houston. Sold in smoke shops and other stores, it is marketed as potpourri or aromatherapy and labeled as unsafe for human consumption. However, authorities say everyone is in on the loophole, but that not everyone realizes the substances are dangerous, inconsistent, and can land users in the hospital. ( Melissa Phillip / Houston Chronicle ) less

A packet of so-called synthetic marijuana seized by the Drug Enforcement Administration shown Friday, Nov. 15, 2013, in Houston. Sold in smoke shops and other stores, it is marketed as potpourri or ... more

Photo: Melissa Phillip / Houston Chronicle

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A packet of so-called synthetic marijuana seized by the Drug Enforcement Administration shown Friday, Nov. 15, 2013, in Houston. Sold in smoke shops and other stores, it is marketed as potpourri or aromatherapy and labeled as unsafe for human consumption. However, authorities say everyone is in on the loophole, but that not everyone realizes the substances are dangerous, inconsistent, and can land users in the hospital. ( Melissa Phillip / Houston Chronicle ) less

A packet of so-called synthetic marijuana seized by the Drug Enforcement Administration shown Friday, Nov. 15, 2013, in Houston. Sold in smoke shops and other stores, it is marketed as potpourri or ... more

Photo: Melissa Phillip / Houston Chronicle

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A packet of so-called synthetic marijuana seized by the Drug Enforcement Administration shown Friday, Nov. 15, 2013, in Houston. Sold in smoke shops and other stores, it is marketed as potpourri or aromatherapy and labeled as unsafe for human consumption. However, authorities say everyone is in on the loophole, but that not everyone realizes the substances are dangerous, inconsistent, and can land users in the hospital. ( Melissa Phillip / Houston Chronicle ) less

A packet of so-called synthetic marijuana seized by the Drug Enforcement Administration shown Friday, Nov. 15, 2013, in Houston. Sold in smoke shops and other stores, it is marketed as potpourri or ... more

Photo: Melissa Phillip / Houston Chronicle

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A packet of so-called synthetic marijuana seized by the Drug Enforcement Administration shown Friday, Nov. 15, 2013, in Houston. Sold in smoke shops and other stores, it is marketed as potpourri or aromatherapy and labeled as unsafe for human consumption. However, authorities say everyone is in on the loophole, but that not everyone realizes the substances are dangerous, inconsistent, and can land users in the hospital. ( Melissa Phillip / Houston Chronicle ) less

A packet of so-called synthetic marijuana seized by the Drug Enforcement Administration shown Friday, Nov. 15, 2013, in Houston. Sold in smoke shops and other stores, it is marketed as potpourri or ... more

Photo: Melissa Phillip / Houston Chronicle

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A packet of so-called synthetic marijuana seized by the Drug Enforcement Administration shown Friday, Nov. 15, 2013, in Houston. Sold in smoke shops and other stores, it is marketed as potpourri or aromatherapy and labeled as unsafe for human consumption. However, authorities say everyone is in on the loophole, but that not everyone realizes the substances are dangerous, inconsistent, and can land users in the hospital. ( Melissa Phillip / Houston Chronicle ) less

A packet of so-called synthetic marijuana seized by the Drug Enforcement Administration shown Friday, Nov. 15, 2013, in Houston. Sold in smoke shops and other stores, it is marketed as potpourri or ... more

Photo: Melissa Phillip / Houston Chronicle

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Sacks of money, right, worth $2 million, and 154 pounds of heroin, left, worth at least $50 million, are displayed at a Drug Enforcement Administration news conference, Tuesday, May 19, 2015 in New York. The DEA called the heroin seizure its largest ever in New York state. Officials said on Tuesday that most of the drugs were found in an SUV in the Bronx following a wiretap investigation. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan) less

Sacks of money, right, worth $2 million, and 154 pounds of heroin, left, worth at least $50 million, are displayed at a Drug Enforcement Administration news conference, Tuesday, May 19, 2015 in New York. The ... more

Photo: Mark Lennihan / Associated Press

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A firearm and 154 pounds of heroin worth at least $50 million are displayed at a Drug Enforcement Administration news conference, Tuesday, May 19, 2015 in New York. The DEA called the heroin seizure its largest ever in New York state. Officials said on Tuesday that most of the drugs were found in an SUV in the Bronx following a wiretap investigation. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan) less

A firearm and 154 pounds of heroin worth at least $50 million are displayed at a Drug Enforcement Administration news conference, Tuesday, May 19, 2015 in New York. The DEA called the heroin seizure its ... more

Photo: Mark Lennihan / Associated Press

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Police officers stand guard evidence confiscated from drug suspects during a press conference at the regional police headquarters in Jakarta, Indonesia, Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2015. Jakarta police confiscated 115 kilograms (253 lbs.) of methamphetamine and ecstasy pills and arrested 23 suspects, including three Chinese and three Nigerians, in operations conducted from August until early September. (AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana) less

FILE - In this Sept. 7, 2012 file, photo a U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration technician holds several pounds of Mexican meth confiscated in the St. Louis area. The manufacture of methamphetamine is sharply down in certain Midwestern states that have had the most trouble with the drug over the years, but it remains as popular as ever with users due to an influx of cheap Mexican imports, according to experts. (AP Photo/Jim Salter, File) less

FILE - In this Sept. 7, 2012 file, photo a U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration technician holds several pounds of Mexican meth confiscated in the St. Louis area. The manufacture of methamphetamine is sharply ... more

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In this image released by the Tijuana Municipal Police on Wednesday Jan. 21, 2015, a drone loaded with packages containing methamphetamine lies on the ground after it crashed into a supermarket parking lot in the city of Tijuana on Tuesday Jan. 20, 2015. According to police, six packets of the drug, weighing more than six pounds, were taped to the six-propeller remote-controlled aircraft. Authorities are investigating where the flight originated and who was controlling it. He said it was not the first time they had seen drones used for smuggling drugs across the border. Other innovative efforts have included catapults, ultralight aircraft and tunnels. (AP Photo/Secretaria de Seguridad Pública Municipal de Tijuana) less

In this image released by the Tijuana Municipal Police on Wednesday Jan. 21, 2015, a drone loaded with packages containing methamphetamine lies on the ground after it crashed into a supermarket parking lot in ... more

Photo: Associated Press

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FILE â A woman with her child on her back scratches poppy pods to extract opium crude in Xalpatlahuac, Mexico, Nov. 16, 2010. In response to a growing market north of the border, Mexico is enlisting children to harvest opium. The money is too much to ignore for most, and the terrain is more manageable for those with slighter frames. (Rodrigo Cruz/The New York Times) less

FILE â A woman with her child on her back scratches poppy pods to extract opium crude in Xalpatlahuac, Mexico, Nov. 16, 2010. In response to a growing market north of the border, Mexico is enlisting ... more

Photo: RODRIGO CRUZ / New York Times

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This April 25, 2015 photo, from the U.S. Border Patrol and introduced as evidence in U.S. District Court, shows a trolley in the Mexican side of a tunnel that Border Patrol agents said was used by Evelio Padilla. a Honduran national, to smuggle over 50 pounds of cocaine into the U.S. Padilla pleaded guilty Wednesday, Aug. 19, in federal court in San Diego to one count of possession of drugs with intent to distribute. (U.S. Border Patrol via AP) less

This April 25, 2015 photo, from the U.S. Border Patrol and introduced as evidence in U.S. District Court, shows a trolley in the Mexican side of a tunnel that Border Patrol agents said was used by Evelio ... more

Photo: Associated Press

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Feds make cyber push to fight Houston epidemic of meth, other drugs

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As Houston fights an epidemic of methamphetamine, “synthetic marijuana” and other illegal drugs, top law-enforcement officers are to unveil a network of Web sites aimed at potential users and their families.

A news conference, of Who’s Who in law enforcement in this region, is set for Thursday.

The text, videos and links don’t share old-school slogans, such as “Just Say No,” but an array of facts, ranging from the number of Houston gangs connected to international cartels, to what parents should look for if they are concerned their children are using drugs.

A new Web site, stopdrugshouston.org is being unveiled by law enforcement agencies, including the Drug Enforcement Administration and the Houston High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area.

“In the past decade, there has been significant growth in the illicit trafficking of drugs throughout the United States,” notes the Web site, stopdrugshouston.org. “The Houston area continues to be threatened due to the close proximity to the U.S.- Mexico border.”

The site is one of those expected to be promoted during the news conference, but it is already live on the Web.

The public is also asked to submit anonymous or confidential tips regarding drug crimes, such as someone operating a stash house or laundering money made from drug sales.

A drop down menu categorizes answers and funnels them to the agencies with jurisdiction.

The effort focuses on Houston and Southeast Texas. It has the backing of at least 18 agencies, including the Drug Enforcement Administration, Houston Police Department and the Department of Justice.

They are coordinated by the Houston High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area, a federally funded coalition of law-enforcement agencies from 17 counties in the Gulf Coast region.